Winter’s Home (Azorius Tempo Adventure)

Pioneer Adventure Competitive Midrange Tap/Untap Tempo WU (Azorius)

Blackgate

Land (23)

• 1x Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire
• 3x Glacial Fortress
• 2x Hallowed Fountain
• 3x Hengegate Pathway  ^Flip
• 6x Island
• 1x Otawara, Soaring City
• 6x Plains
• 1x Reliquary Tower

Creature (21)

• 3x Ardenvale Tactician
• 3x Dennick, Pious Apprentice  ^Flip
• 4x Dreamshackle Geist
• 4x Hylda of the Icy Crown
• 4x Luminarch Aspirant
• 3x Queen of Ice

Battle (2)

• 2x Invasion of Gobakhan  ^Flip

Enchantment (8)

• 2x Ossification
• 3x Paladin Class
• 3x Verity Circle

Instant (2)

• 2x Fateful Absence

Sorcery (4)

• 4x Sleight of Hand

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Sideboard

Creature (8)

• 2x Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
• 1x Ao, the Dawn Sky
• 1x Augusta, Dean of Order  ^Flip
• 2x Brazen Borrower
• 1x Lavinia, Azorius Renegade
• 1x Lier, Disciple of the Drowned

Instant (6)

• 3x Dovin's Veto
• 3x Loran's Escape

Artifact (1)

• 1x Lucky Clover

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Maybeboard

Creature (20)

• 1x Azor, the Lawbringer
• 1x Brutal Cathar  ^Flip
• 1x Deputy of Detention
• 1x Fae of Wishes
• 1x Faerie Guidemother
• 1x Giant Killer
• 1x Hopeful Initiate
• 1x Horned Loch-Whale
• 1x Hypnotic Sprite
• 1x Icingdeath, Frost Tyrant
• 1x Iymrith, Desert Doom
• 1x Serra Paragon
• 1x Sharae of Numbing Depths
• 1x Shepherd of the Flock
• 1x Silverflame Squire
• 1x Skrelv, Defector Mite
• 1x Spark Double
• 1x Thalia's Lieutenant
• 1x Threadbind Clique
• 1x Twining Twins

Instant (5)

• 1x Make Disappear
• 1x Spell Pierce
• 1x Stroke of Midnight
• 1x Take into Custody
• 1x Test of Talents

Artifact (2)

• 1x Hylda's Crown of Winter
• 1x Mirage Mirror

Land (2)

• 1x Castle Vantress
• 1x Skyline Cascade

Enchantment (2)

• 1x Solitary Sanctuary
• 1x Virtue of Loyalty

Sorcery (2)

• 1x Freeze in Place
• 1x Pore Over the Pages

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After New Phyrexia's Invasion of the Multiverse, Snow Queen Hylda of the Icy Crown built her ice castle, Winter's Home, in the farthest reaches of Dunbarrow above Loch Larent.

Deck{W}{U}:

A tempo deck that showcases the full potential of finisher Hylda of the Icy Crown and uses tap effects to keep your opponent immobilized and out of combat as you draw cards (Sleight of Hand, Verity Circle), gain +1/+1 counters & +1/+1 anthem effects (Paladin Class, Luminarch Aspirant, Lightshield Array  ) and create an army of Elemental 4/4 WU creature tokens.

Creatures:

• Luminarch Aspirant (+1/+1 counter generator)
• Dennick, Pious Apprentice  /Dennick, Pious Apparition   (lifelink, graveyard tech, clue token generator)
• Ardenvale Tactician (Adventure: tap two target creatures. Creature: flying)
• Queen of Ice (Adventure: tap target creature with stun counter effect)
• Dreamshackle Geist (flying, tap a creature or keep a tapped creature tapped until your next turn). Highly disruptive tap-effect card that impacts your opponents creatures on the battlefield. With multiple on the battlefield this can be crippling to your opponents defenses. Very high synergy with Hylda of the Icy Crown.
• Hylda of the Icy Crown

Enchantments:

• Paladin Class (tax/evasion, +1/+1 anthem effect, double strike effect)
• Lightshield Array   (+1/+1 counter generator, sacrifice effect: creatures gain hexproof and indestructible until end of turn)
• Verity Circle (tap enabler, card draw)

Removal & Tools:

• Sleight of Hand (card draw)
• Invasion of Gobakhan   (tempo/discard effect, transforms into Lightshield Array  )
• Fateful Absence (removal)
• Ossification (removal)
• Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire (deal 4 damage to target attacking or blocking creature)
• Otawara, Soaring City (bounce effect)

Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoy playing the deck! Feedback and suggestions are always welcome and appreciated -Blackgate

Top Ranked	Achieved #6 position overall 11 months ago Achieved #1 position in Pioneer 11 months ago
Date added	1 year
Last updated	2 months
Legality	This deck is Pioneer legal.
Rarity (main - side)	4 - 4 Mythic Rares 31 - 4 Rares 3 - 4 Uncommons 10 - 3 Commons
Cards	60
Avg. CMC	2.38
Tokens	Clue, Elemental 4/4 WU, Human 1/1 W, On an Adventure
Folders	wife